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oklahoma. and be this is an oklahoma case that deals with some restrictions on voting. in that case as well was a case involving a law passed in 1908 by the maryland legislature changing a charter of the city of annapolis to restrict voting by african-americans. now, they're free, and they've been voting. and they're applied only to the city, not to state elections. they tended to vote republican, so democrats in power in the state government and in the city wanted to restrict this. you couldn't vote in annapolis under this 1908 law unless you had $500 worth of assessed property in the city, unless you were naturalized or you were the son of a natural -- of course, no women voting at all in 1908, so it doesn't matter -- unless you're the son or descendant of a naturalized citizen, or unless your grandfather could have voted in january 1, 1868. well, in 1868 voting in annapolis is tied to the 1867 constitution of maryland which allowed voting only to males, white males. so if your grandfather wasn't a white male and couldn't vote, you couldn't vote. no matter the 15th am
oklahoma. and be this is an oklahoma case that deals with some restrictions on voting. in that case as well was a case involving a law passed in 1908 by the maryland legislature changing a charter of the city of annapolis to restrict voting by african-americans. now, they're free, and they've been voting. and they're applied only to the city, not to state elections. they tended to vote republican, so democrats in power in the state government and in the city wanted to restrict this. you...
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we studied them all in oklahoma. i had my representatives say are the working in oklahoma and we pretty well figured out is the federal programs don't work and the ones outside of the federal government and the states run themselves to work. so the question is if there is a role for the federal government and job-training shouldn't it be effective and should in the congress be looking to see how it works? shouldn't we have metrics on it and shouldn't we have 57 or 47 different programs to cost $19 billion a year should we know if we are getting value for our money? and so what happens in congress is a few question that, the first thing people will do is you don't want people to get job training. >> it's not a subject that i will take on if i don't think that it's appropriate for us to look at. but most people won't do that because they don't want to get labeled saying i don't want to get labeled as job training. i don't want to be accused of not solving the problem. so therefore, cover my eye is coming years and mout
we studied them all in oklahoma. i had my representatives say are the working in oklahoma and we pretty well figured out is the federal programs don't work and the ones outside of the federal government and the states run themselves to work. so the question is if there is a role for the federal government and job-training shouldn't it be effective and should in the congress be looking to see how it works? shouldn't we have metrics on it and shouldn't we have 57 or 47 different programs to cost...
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if you google "grandfather clause," you get grim versus oklahoma, and this is an oklahoma case that deals with some restrictions on voting. in that case as well was a case involving a law passed in 1908 changing the charter of the city of annapolis to restrict voting by african-americans, and now, they are free, and they have been voting, and it applied only to the city, not state elections, and they tenned to vote republicans so the state government and in the city wanted to restrict this. you couldn't vote under the 1908 law unless you had $500 worth of property in the city, unless you were naturalized or son of a natural citizen, and if you're a naturalized citizen or if your grandfather could have voted in january first 1868. well, in 1868, voting in indianapolis is tied to the 1867 constitution of maryland which allowed voting only to males, white males. if your grandmother was not a white male and couldn't vote, you couldn't vote, no matter the 15th amendment in 1870. in indianapolis, if you couldn't vote in 1868, you couldn't vote in 1908. >> more about maryland state capital as bo
if you google "grandfather clause," you get grim versus oklahoma, and this is an oklahoma case that deals with some restrictions on voting. in that case as well was a case involving a law passed in 1908 changing the charter of the city of annapolis to restrict voting by african-americans, and now, they are free, and they have been voting, and it applied only to the city, not state elections, and they tenned to vote republicans so the state government and in the city wanted to restrict...
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and later, senator tom coburn hears from his constituents during a town hall meeting in oklahoma. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television p
and later, senator tom coburn hears from his constituents during a town hall meeting in oklahoma. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television p
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if you google grandfather clause you get win versus oklahoma. this was an oklahoma case dealing with restrictions in voting. in that case as well was a case involving a lot passed in 1908 by the maryland legislature changing the charter of the city of an apples to restrict voting by african-americans. they are free and have been voting and applied only to the city, not the state elections. they tended to vote republicans said democrats in power in the state government and in the city wanted to restrict this. you couldn't vote in an apple was under this 1908 law unless you had $500 worth of property in the city, unless you were naturalized, no women voting all in 1908 so it didn't matter or the sun or descendant of a naturalized citizen or less your grandfather could have voted in january 1st, 1868. eighteen 68 voting in annapolis is tied to the 1860's 7 constitution of maryland so if your grandfather was in the white male you couldn't vote. in annapolis, if you couldn't vote in 1868, if you could vote in 1908. >> more about maryland's state capi
if you google grandfather clause you get win versus oklahoma. this was an oklahoma case dealing with restrictions in voting. in that case as well was a case involving a lot passed in 1908 by the maryland legislature changing the charter of the city of an apples to restrict voting by african-americans. they are free and have been voting and applied only to the city, not the state elections. they tended to vote republicans said democrats in power in the state government and in the city wanted to...
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-- when the fbi knew he was a murder, and suspected of murders, the fbi lieded to its own people in oklahoma investigating the murder to throw them off the trail. they consciously made a decision to keep bulger on rather than turn him over to other agencies. another thing i deeply resent is the way that the government has tried to -- he was only killing gangsters. >> my government does not get to pick who lives and dies. i don't care if they are criminals. bulger killed a number of innocent people. debra davis was not a criminal. debra was not a criminal, michael was not a criminal, roger wheeler was not a criminal. but the other thing we try to show, too, this sort of john conley taking money and protecting his guy is like corruption. you understand corruption. it's quid pro quos, people get money. to us, corruption goes to the day in the sense that the justice department did everything it could to hurt the victims' families, and they would not acknowledge their hurt. they've never apologized to them, out of the way to make sure the cases seeking compensation have been thrown out, and the w
-- when the fbi knew he was a murder, and suspected of murders, the fbi lieded to its own people in oklahoma investigating the murder to throw them off the trail. they consciously made a decision to keep bulger on rather than turn him over to other agencies. another thing i deeply resent is the way that the government has tried to -- he was only killing gangsters. >> my government does not get to pick who lives and dies. i don't care if they are criminals. bulger killed a number of...
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people face to face who put their lives on line and in the book i asked an individual and met in tulsa oklahoma has a practicing muslim but he wrote an article condemning al qaeda in his local paper. he went into his mosque the next day he was chased out and physically threatened. call me crazy. i think we need to stand with that guy. i think we do. >> i thank you for all you do and i think a lot of us are concerned obviously with secretary kerry coming to israel may gain his sixth trip and it seems like we are at the verge. what he think the likelihood is of his administration in new york state in the region lacks how serious should we take this initiative lacks ti think they are very serious. they want to establish a palestinian state. that is without a doubt 100%. i think a lot of it depends on what the israeli government decides to do. i personally think the timing is not right. i don't think it's ever going to be right in my personal opinion. but especially now with the so-called arab spring. israel's borders drawn fire from syria to egypt to lebanon to gaza. israel is going to give up lan
people face to face who put their lives on line and in the book i asked an individual and met in tulsa oklahoma has a practicing muslim but he wrote an article condemning al qaeda in his local paper. he went into his mosque the next day he was chased out and physically threatened. call me crazy. i think we need to stand with that guy. i think we do. >> i thank you for all you do and i think a lot of us are concerned obviously with secretary kerry coming to israel may gain his sixth trip...
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>> guest: he lived--he was born in oklahoma city. he went to tuskegee institution in alabama, and he dropped out of there in his junior year and moved to new york, where he lived on riverside drive for the rest of his life. c-span: when did you first start reading him? >> guest: i was--i talk about in this pie--essay i wrote on him. i--i was afraid of--to read him in high school. he was--he was a--he was such a--a great and such a literary and s--writer, such a fine writer, that i was intimidated. and so i would--i preferred baldwin and--and wright and some--some others, william den--demby and so forth. and so it was really in college and almost in graduate school when i really beg--when i really seriously opened up his essays as well as his novel, "invisible man." c-span: cornel west. >> guest: well, i make the point i like corwe--cornel west personally. i make the point that i thought that his--his point that race matters, that--that i don't think he would've said that in--in the '50s, when--when those southern governors were sort
>> guest: he lived--he was born in oklahoma city. he went to tuskegee institution in alabama, and he dropped out of there in his junior year and moved to new york, where he lived on riverside drive for the rest of his life. c-span: when did you first start reading him? >> guest: i was--i talk about in this pie--essay i wrote on him. i--i was afraid of--to read him in high school. he was--he was a--he was such a--a great and such a literary and s--writer, such a fine writer, that i...
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in book i talk about an individual who i met in tulsa, oklahoma, who was a practicing muslim, but he wrote an article condemning al-qaeda. he went into his mosque the next day, he was chased out. call me crazy, i think we need to stand with that guy. i think we do. >> erick, thank you for all you do. i think a lot of us are concerned, obviously, with kerry, secretary kerry coming to israel, making his sixth trip in a very short time, and it seems like he's read the verse. what do you think the likelihood of this administration creating a new arab state in the region, what -- and how serious should we take this, you know, this initiative that they're -- >> well, i think they're very -- tommy, thank you for all you're doing, israel's biblical heartland. i call it judea and sumeria. [applause] they want to establish a palestinian state. without a doubt, this administration is hell bent on establishing a palestinian state. that is without a doubt 900. -- 100. i think a lot of it depends on what the israeli government decides to do. i personally think the timing is not right. i don't thin
in book i talk about an individual who i met in tulsa, oklahoma, who was a practicing muslim, but he wrote an article condemning al-qaeda. he went into his mosque the next day, he was chased out. call me crazy, i think we need to stand with that guy. i think we do. >> erick, thank you for all you do. i think a lot of us are concerned, obviously, with kerry, secretary kerry coming to israel, making his sixth trip in a very short time, and it seems like he's read the verse. what do you...
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onto that crooked hut in the middle of horned toad country and the black people kept trickling from oklahoma and arkansas and texas and louisiana. they had come looking for a place with the cotton grew a little taller in the white folks have been raised that the little nicer. they found the taller cotton. i'm not sure they sound away folks any nicer. >> the black okies thought coming wednesday with the behind the racism. the sun did shine a little bit more benignly here. but i remember a number of them telling me it was even a more cruel kind of racism. a smile on the face with a dagger behind the back is how they describe california. they were not allowed to live in any of the cities, not even the small towns. and so the only land available for them with these patches of alkali land. literally, right upon the land you look at it. it is so salty. it looks as if it snowed there. this was land available to them. they built their wooden shacks here. no water. they had to go into town to fetch the water. they had outhouses. no police roamed this area. it was a no man's land. basically he's glori
onto that crooked hut in the middle of horned toad country and the black people kept trickling from oklahoma and arkansas and texas and louisiana. they had come looking for a place with the cotton grew a little taller in the white folks have been raised that the little nicer. they found the taller cotton. i'm not sure they sound away folks any nicer. >> the black okies thought coming wednesday with the behind the racism. the sun did shine a little bit more benignly here. but i remember a...
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to that crooked hut in the middle of horn toad country, and the black people kept trickling in from oklahoma, arkansas, texas, and louisiana. they'd come looking for a place with a cotton growing a little taller and the white folks had. raised up a little nicer. they found the taller cotton. i'm not sure they found the white folks any nicer. the black oakees thought coming west they'd leave behind the racism. the sunshined more benignly on them here, but i remember a number of them telling me it was a more cruel kind of racism, smile on the face, but a dagger behind the back is how they described california. they were not allowed to live in any of the cities, not even the small towns. they were locked out. the only land available for them were these patches of ailing land. when you see the land, it's so salty, it's like it snowed there. it was the land available to them, and they built their little wooden shacks here, no water. they had to go into town to fetch the water. no city suers. they had outhouses. no police roamed this area. it was a no map's land. basically, glorified squatters' vi
to that crooked hut in the middle of horn toad country, and the black people kept trickling in from oklahoma, arkansas, texas, and louisiana. they'd come looking for a place with a cotton growing a little taller and the white folks had. raised up a little nicer. they found the taller cotton. i'm not sure they found the white folks any nicer. the black oakees thought coming west they'd leave behind the racism. the sunshined more benignly on them here, but i remember a number of them telling me...
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a murderer and was suspected of several murders and the release, the fbi lied to its own people in oklahoma that were investigating the murder. they consciously made the decision to keep bulger on a rather than turn him over to the other law enforcement agencies. the other thing i really deeply resent is the way that the government has tried to -- >> why government doesn't get to pick who wins and dies. but he killed a number of innocent people. defense was not a criminal. deborah wasn't a criminal. roger wheeler was not a criminal but the other thing we do try to show is he is protecting what this guy. people get money. to us from corruption goes to this day in a sense the justice department did everything it could to hurt the victims' families and would not acknowledge their hurt and never apologize to them. they have gone out of the way to make sure the cases and the termination have been thrown out and the way the justice department did it is so cynical because on the side they would go and say he is an agent that got people killed and the reason we know this is from whitey bulger and k
a murderer and was suspected of several murders and the release, the fbi lied to its own people in oklahoma that were investigating the murder. they consciously made the decision to keep bulger on a rather than turn him over to the other law enforcement agencies. the other thing i really deeply resent is the way that the government has tried to -- >> why government doesn't get to pick who wins and dies. but he killed a number of innocent people. defense was not a criminal. deborah wasn't...
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worked together on death penalty stories at 20/20 which was a treat for me to go out there with you and oklahoma and work with death penalty for juveniles an important case. the opportunity to explain issues in that kind of a detail and a tell the story behind the case was such a treat. you -- a luxury on 20/20 did all the time. i didn't. it was a real treat for me. >> >> guest: it wasn't another case of a few seconds. it was another five minutes. >> guest: you have no idea what it meant to me. it was an out-of-body experience. >> host: i think we're going a break now. thank you so much. >>> on wednesday on c-span2, booktv in prime time. at 8:00 p.m. civil war historian. "a chain of thunder." "radiance of tomorrow." at 9:20 an interview with lee. "and the mountains echoed." booktv in prime time on c-span2. >>> erica jong what is on the summer reading list? mega wolitzer's book "the interestings" i i read a lot of books on meditation and i'm reading a book called "buddhist way of meditation." i meditate. i've done yoga for thirty years. i'm always catching up on that part of my reading. meg's boo
worked together on death penalty stories at 20/20 which was a treat for me to go out there with you and oklahoma and work with death penalty for juveniles an important case. the opportunity to explain issues in that kind of a detail and a tell the story behind the case was such a treat. you -- a luxury on 20/20 did all the time. i didn't. it was a real treat for me. >> >> guest: it wasn't another case of a few seconds. it was another five minutes. >> guest: you have no idea...
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your beliefs are parallelled by sarah palin from the state of alaska and senator inhofe, the state of oklahoma, tw states that economies -- two states that economies are based on burning fossil fuels. you need to rethis think this so -- rethink this saw that you get -- so that you get on the right side of this issue. >> guest: well, thank you for that. it's an interesting point of view. i don't know about save rah palin or the other -- sarah palin or the other senator you mentioned. i've been looking at global warming theory since 1998, looking at it in great detail, talking over those years to a very large number of scientist, reading the literature, reading scientific literature. i certainly don't say that science has got it wrong. i say that science has been hijacked by dockery their ideologies who pretend the science is what it is when it is not. it's quite extraordinary in the way it's been presented, so good people like yourself, i sympathize. if i had only read what was in the media, i, too, would think like you. but i've done the research. i've done the looking at what's behind it all.
your beliefs are parallelled by sarah palin from the state of alaska and senator inhofe, the state of oklahoma, tw states that economies -- two states that economies are based on burning fossil fuels. you need to rethis think this so -- rethink this saw that you get -- so that you get on the right side of this issue. >> guest: well, thank you for that. it's an interesting point of view. i don't know about save rah palin or the other -- sarah palin or the other senator you mentioned. i've...
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in the book i talk about, my last book, a talk by individuals i met in tulsa, oklahoma, was a practicing muslim buddy wrote an article condemning al qaeda in his local paper. he went into his mosque the next day. he was chased out and physically threatened. call me crazy, i think we need to stand with that guy. i think we do. >> thank you for all you do. i think a lot of us are concerned, obviously with secretary kerry coming to israel, making six trips in a very short period of time. and it seems like we're at -- what you think the likelihood of this administration creating a new state in the region, and has serious should be taken? this initiative? >> i think they are very serious. the world calls it the west bank. >> they want to establish a palestinian state without a doubt. this civilization is hell-bent on establishing a palestinian state. that is without a doubt one other person that i think of a lot of it depends what the israeli government decides to do. i personally think that timing is not right. i don't think it's ever going to be right, my personal opinion. but, especially n
in the book i talk about, my last book, a talk by individuals i met in tulsa, oklahoma, was a practicing muslim buddy wrote an article condemning al qaeda in his local paper. he went into his mosque the next day. he was chased out and physically threatened. call me crazy, i think we need to stand with that guy. i think we do. >> thank you for all you do. i think a lot of us are concerned, obviously with secretary kerry coming to israel, making six trips in a very short period of time. and...